Hoisting or carrying mechanism for barns.



Y Y M. s.l YODER. '-HOISTING OB. CARRYING MEOHANISM PQE BARNS.

APPLICATION FILED 0013.14, 1908.

Patented June 8,1909.

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nuantoz para MNNO S. YODER, OF SHIPSHEWANA, INDIANA.

'I-IOIS'IING OR CARRYING MECHNISM FOR BARNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 14, 1908.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Serial No. 457,676.

To all whom it may concern." l

Be it known that I, MENNo S. Yonne, a citizen of the United States,residing at Shipshewana, in the county of Lagrange and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hoisting andCarrying Mechanism for Barns, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to hoisting and carrying mechanism forbarns, particularly those of the circular or polygonal type.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide in connectionwith a circular track, hoisting mechanism that can be carried around thetrack and requires no track stop or tripping device to release thecarrier. In other words, it has been the aim to provide mechanism whichwill lift the load from any point, will carry it to any height, and willrun it along in either direction without change of rope or hitch.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and is described in the following specification,but it will be evident from an inspection of the claims hereto appendedthat the invention is not necessarily limited to the structuredisclosed.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewthrough a barn, showing the mechanism in place. Fig. 2 is a top planview of such mechanism. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the carrierpreferably employed. Fig. 4 is a` vertical sectional view o n anenlarged scale substantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a planview of the structure disclosed in Fig. 4,*but with the track removed.Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one form of hoisting mech* anismthat may be employed.

In the accompanying drawings, the'barn is designated generally bythereference numeral 1, and has a roof 2 from which is suspended a circulartrack 3 by means of a se* ries of suitable hangers 4. This track may beof any well known type, but is preferably provided with oppositelyextending track flanges 5.

Located beneath the track is a continuous frame formed of a series ofangularly disposed beams 6, joined at their adjacent ends by triangularpieces 7 secured to the u per and lower faces of the end portions o thebeams 6 and projecting beyond the same. The frame also includes, as apart of its make up, a bar 8 constituting the body of a carrier, thisbar having suitable brackets 9 on which are j ournaled trolley wheels1() that run upon the track flanges 5 of the track. Other brackets 11are located at the juncture of the several `beams 6 and have trolleywheels 12 that operate on said track flanges 5.

A hanger 13 secured to one side of the carrier body 8 has pulleys 14therein, and over said pulleys pass oppositely extending stretches orruns 15 of a cable, said cable passing downwardly through sling pulleys16 and being secured to the opposite side of the body 8. This structurewill be evident by reference to Fig. 3. The sling pulleys 16 may be ofany desirable character. The oppositely extending stretches or runs 15of the cable pass around the opposite outer side of the frame 6 7 andaround sets of horizontally disposed guide pulleys 17 j ournaled betweenthe angular plates 7. The end por tions of these stretches or runs arecrossed, as shown at 18 in Fig. 2, and extend in opposite directions forsome distance, thence over suitable pulleys 19 from which they may becarried in any desired direction and to any suitable hoisting mechanism.In order that the cable may not drop off the pulleys 17, outstandingfingers 20 are preferably employed, arranged beneath the plates 7. Inlike manner outstanding guard strips 21 are preferably located at theend of the carrier body 8, as illustrated in Fig. 2. Rollers as 21HL maybe employed, said rollers being secured to the frame and operatingagainst the outer side of the track for the purpose of preventingbinding engagement due to lateral strains upon the frame.

As above stated, any suitable hoisting mechanism may be employed,disposed in any relation desired or found satisfactory, but in order todisclose a completely operative structure, I have shown in Figs. 1 and 6a pair of hoisting drums 22 about which the ends of the cable arewrapped. These drums have on their adjacent ends friction wheels 23 andsaid'ends can be raised and lowered so as to bring the friction wheelseither into engagement with driving friction wheels 24 or with a brakebeam 25. The said ends are raised and lowered by means engage thedriving friction wheels 24. `Both stretches or runs of the cable willthus be simultaneously wound'up,causing the elevation of the slingpulleys, together with the load vattached to them. Whenthe load has beenraised to the desired height, one or the other of the drums 22 islowered. The result is that the entire'franie 6-7will be rotated in onedirection or the other, 'and this rotation is continued until the loadis brought to the desired point of release. Vi'liththis 'structuretherefore, any material or article can be raised to the iipperpo'rtionof the barn and carried freely in either direction withoutth'enecessityof changing the rope 'and without using any track stop ortripping device.

Asalready stated, the arrangement of the partstogether with theirrelative positions can be altered if desired, and means can also beassociated with the driving shaft 27 for positively lowering or drawingdownward the "sling pulleys.

It is also to be understood that other changes, as for instance in thesize and proportion ofthe parts can be made without departing Afrom theinvention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what is claimed as new is l. Thecombination with "a circular track, ofa continuous rotary supportingframe hung from the track, hoisting mechanism :suspended fromthe frame,and means for operating the hoisting mechanism and rotating the frame.

2. The combinationwith a continuous circular track, of"a continuousrotary supportingframe associated with the track, rollers carried by theframe at intervals and operating on the track, hoisting` mechanismsuspended from the frame, and means for operating the hoisting mechanismand rotating the frame in either direction.

3. The combination'with a circular track, of a rotary supporting Aframeinovably mounted thereon, -a' sling holding device, and a`cableconnected to the device and extendingaround oppositesides of theframe for elevating said device and rotating the frame in oppositedirections. y

4. The combination with acircular track,

"of 'a continuous 'supporting frame rotatably mounted thereon, ahoisting device, and a cable connected to the hoisting device andvhaving opposite stretches extending around opposite sides of the framefor elevating said device and rotating the frame in opposite directions.

5. The combination with a stationary circular track, of a continuousrotary support ing frame located below the track, trolley wheels carriedby the frame and operating on the track, pulleys carried by oppositeportions of the frame, a hoisting device, and an elevating cablefor thedevice passing'around diiferent sides of the frame and operating againstthel pulleys.

6. The combination with 'a continuous circular track, of a continuousframe located beneath the saine and comprising angularly disposedconnected bars,trolleywheels earried by the frame at the connectionsofthe bars and operatingr on the track, outstanding pulleys located at theconnections of `the bars, a hoisting device, Aand' a cable for operatingthe device land rotating the frame, said cable having stretchesextending in opposite directions from the hoisting device around theframe and engaged with the pulleys.

7. The combination with a lcontinuous overhead track, of a supportmovable'thereon, and a cable for rotating the support in oppositedirections, having stretches extending in opposite directions aroundythetrack and having said stretches crossing.

S. The combination with a contii'iuous overhead track, of a rotatablesupport mounted thereon, and a cable for rotating the support inopposite directions, said cable having stretches extending in oppositedirections around the track,-the end portionsof said stretches beingcrossed.

9. 'The combination with a continuous overhead track, of a continuousrotary supporting frame having trolley wheels operating on the track,outstanding pulleys carried by the frame, a cable passing in oppositedirections around the frame and bearing 'against the pulleys, otherpulleysmounted independently ofthe franieat one side of the same, and acable extending in op osite directioiis around the frame, said cab ehaving the ends of the oppositely extending portions crossed andextending over the last mentioned pulleys.

l0. The combination with a continuous overhead track, of ka continuoussupport movable thereon, a hoisting device'associated with the supportand movable toward and from the saine, and a single cable' for rotatingthe support in opposite directions-and for raising and lowering thecable.

ll. The combination with a circular continuous track, of hangers forsuspend-ing the track, a frame located below the trackand consisting ofa plurality of angularly' disposed connected bars, trolley wheelssecuredto the frame and operating on the track, a

plurality of sets of horizontally disposed pulfor effecting vthesimultaneous or independent eys carried by the frame, a hoisting device,a rotation of the drums. w cable connected to the hoisting device and Intestimony whereof I aliX my signature, extending in opposite directionsaround the in presence of two Witnesses.

frame `and in engagement with the pulleys, I MENNO S. YODER. said cablehaving its oppositely extending Witnesses: portions crossed, Windingdrums upon which JONATHAN FARVER,

the ends ofthe cable are Wrapped, and means DAVID A. PLATZ.

